An NHS worker has told how she was punched and "knocked out" in an unprovoked attack by a man outside a takeaway.
Shannon Thomas, from Blackpool, was left needing stitches to her mouth and lip after the vicious attack outside the Feast About takeaway in Queens Square in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The 22-year-old said she remembers buying food and and then being hit by the unknown male but nothing after that until she came round in an ambulance, reported Lancs Live.
“I don’t remember much from a few seconds before until I was in the ambulance,” Shannon said.
“I just know I walked out of the takeaway, Feast About, and this man just punched me in the face once, totally unprovoked, but due to the impact it knocked me out and I fell straight onto the back of my head.”
Shannon, who works for the NHS, has been left “very sore and very shaken up and just wants this dealt with”, her sister Sara McDermott said.
She added: “This attack was completely unprovoked and is disgusting behaviour.”
Sara has shared images of her sister’s painful injuries in a bid to find the man responsible while the police are gathering evidence.
The attacker has been described as aged in his 20s with fair hair and Shannon's family are hoping that police will be able to obtain CCTV footage to help them identify him.
In a Facebook post Ms McDermott said: “My sister was attacked in Blackpool, early hours of Sunday morning by an unknown male looks in his 20s with fair hair.
“This happened outside Feast About takeaway on Queens Square.
"My sister was punched to the face and knocked out.
“She has had to have stitches inside her mouth and also on her lip, this attack was completely unprovoked and is disgusting behaviour, can I please ask people to share this far and wide.”
Lancashire Police is yet to comment on the alleged attack.
